NFA is a peach!
Great Black Peter--Excellent sound thru-out.
NFA !!!
Good jams +
-- I am pretty cool with a Cumberland closer myself.

Really excellent jams; not sure why they followed other one with Cumberland. Kinda a mood wrecker.

is a must listen

This one's actually the better half of that Dave's Picks release....but they still insist on yet another one of these inane New Speedways - the harmonizing not yet figured out, Jer forgetting half the words...again, I do think Dave & co were too excited about the found reels to decide if this is actually worth releasing.

HOWEVER, the Smokestack and Other One jams here are pretty killer. Definitely worth hearing for those alone!

75 minutes, so I hear, will be on the bonus CD w/DP6......suh-weet!

Happy Solstice everyone. Since today is the supposed 'end of the world' what better way than to listen to the Dead :)

This recording finds us in the middle of a frosty Rider. A bit of a slower one than they started the year with, but nice solo, even if brief. A poignant Peter, then that monster NFA ! They just jump into it with both feet, a real hoot ! Worth a listen, but I like the keys in Other One as well. Frenetic or is it kinetic ? Either way, at times in Cumberland they sound tired :( Only 4****

'Good night folks, Merry Christmas'

Despite the missing songs, this show sounds amazing and the Not Fade Away is definitely worth a couple listens.

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Stereo Soundboard, decent mix for 1969.

01. I Know You Rider - 3:44
02. Black Peter - 9:26
03. Not Fade Away (w/Pigpen on Harmonica and back-up Vocals) - 9:20
04. Good Lovin'> - 1:51
05. Drums - 6:46
06. The Other One - 13:04
07. Cumberland Blues - 4:46

Obviously not the whole show, or even what is listed in the "description".

Excellent "Black Peter".

"NOT FADE AWAY" is a 'treasure'. Early version of NFA with maracas and Pigpen playing harmonica, singing back-up. This is a "Must Have" for collectors of 1969 GRATEFUL DEAD shows.

Not your usual tom-tom dominated NFA, Garcia takes the solo instead of the drummers and lays down some smooth licks that gives NFA a whole new (old) dimension. The song does end abruptly for some reason.

"Good Lovin'" starts, but doesn't come back, after a really nice drum solo it goes off into THE OTHER ONE, CRYPTICAL ENVELOPEMENT, THE OTHER ONE then into CUMBERLAND BLUES and then the show ends.

Not the most sought after show there is, but surely one worth having for it's "roots" value of some of the most exciting songs the GRATEFUL DEAD would ever do.

Phil says "Good Night Folks, Merry Christmas" at the end of CUMBERLAND BLUES and after some applause, you can hear a woman from the audience say "thank you" and Jerry replies "Thank You!" then the tape ends.

Eat, Drink be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD.

Thanks for the love from the Fillmore Auditorium.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS"

yeah, and the fact that it's missing the first six songs.

Sound is nice, just nothing magical in the performance. NFA has some real nice harp and got my attention. Worth a download, but I won't burn it to disk to listen to again any time soon.